I pulled my groin muscle

[dbergunder]

I pulled my groin muscle on my left side. It actually happened about 3 weeks ago and everytime it starts to heal I do something exercising that hurts it. Over the weekend I didn't do any type of exercising... which was torture mixed with guilt... now it's Monday and I told myself I was going to start back up with my normal routine. My groin feels about 80% better... should I give it another day and just do upper today? I feel guilty... like I'm making up excuses to give myself an easy day. How long does it take for a muscle to go back to 100%? Also is it bad to take off 3 days?

 

[Tigger]

Hi Daryl, I'm not Cathe, but I pulled a groin muscle well over a month ago so I know what you're talking about! Mine has not completely healed yet but it's at 90% now. I read that exercising and stretching is the best thing to do, I just didn't push it too hard when I felt pain. And I seemed to reinjure it alot, to the point where I thought it would never heal! I finally found it felt best when I did a plie squat so when it flaired up, that's what I did.

I read that it can take up to 6 weeks to heal and mine is taking longer. I'm glad it's healing, period!

I only workout 4 days a week at the most so taking 3 days off will be good for you IMHO!

Hope this helps you. Tracy

 

[dbergunder]

Thanks for the advice... I'm gonna start back with my routine today but I'm going to take it easy. I can still feel that there's a problem but it's much better then it was 3 days ago. I think power lungs with the step (from hardcore extreme) are what aggrivated it so I'm going to stay away from that dvd for a couple more days.

Thanks again...

 

[trooper15]

Please be careful and smart with this! I had a groin pull on my right side last year, rested it for a while and like you, it felt 80-90% better but instead of letting it heal all the way I raced with the injury and aggravated it to the extent that it took 6 months to heal rather than a few weeks. Just a friendly word of caution....
listen to your body

ShellyC

 

[dbergunder]

Thanks for the advice... I did imax 2 this morning and I was very careful. I could tell, even after giving it a few days rest, that there is still an issue there so I'm going to take it easy with my afternoon workout! I saw your picture on your profile...you look like you are in excellent shape... you muscles are so defined! How much do you workout and what do you do?

 

[mamads]

When my son was 5 years old he pulled a muscle high in his groin area and ice packs every hour for 10 minutes really helped him heal in no time at all.

Hope this helps.

Darlene

 

[eliz5775]

I pulled my right groin a little over a year ago also and I found that once it could finally tolerate exercise again, stretching thoroughly and icing afterward really helped. My PT told me it occurred to due a major muscle imbalance in my legs- i.e., thighs and hamstrings really strong, inner and outer thighs very weak. I still do the exercises she gave me and I found that when I stop doing them, it feels 'annoyed' again. Good luck! Those things take so long to heal and are re-aggravated easily.